Reading Rainbow star Mychal Threets has announced that he is checking himself into a hospital as he shared a cryptic post claiming he was ‘not okay.’

Threets, 36, who became the host of the beloved children’s show in September 2025, shared the news in a post on Threads this week.

‘I am not okay. Maybe I’ll never be okay. I’m seeking help. Going to the hospital tomorrow. In this moment I am safe. By God’s grace,’ Threets wrote.

‘No matter what happens to me I will always be thankful for the extraordinary people in my life who worry, who help me. Thank you for your care. I will always love you.’

In response, he was met with many messages, including notes from famous figures.

‘If you need the help, maybe go tonight, friend,’ wrote actress Yvette Nicole Brown.

Entrepreneur Nicole Waters typed: ‘The hospital is 24/7 support – and how lovely that help is always there when you need it – so now is a good time too.

‘And know that staying is an incredible gift to all of us – we are so grateful and proud of you for saying these thoughts out loud so we can send you our energy and love. See you tomorrow friend.’

Others told him that he was ‘loved’ and shared that they would be waiting for his return.

Threets is the host of popular children’s show Reading Rainbow, an educational series that launched on PBS in 1983.

Threets became the show’s host in September 2025, after the series was revived for a reboot.

Each episode is centered on a featured book, and it’s meant to encourage a love of reading in children.

Threets, who is a librarian, went viral on social media in 2023 after he shared videos of his life working at the Fairfield Civic Center Library in California, and was later named the resident librarian for PBS in 2024.

His message on Threads came just weeks after he posted a video on TikTok that concerned fans, in which he said: ‘If today is my last day in the land of the living, I just wanted to say I love you and I’m proud of you.’

‘The world, the library is best with you in it. Thank you for staying.’

He has previously opened up about his struggles with mental health and has admitted that he struggled with both depression and anxiety.

‘I’m still a very introverted person,’ Threets told People in a January 2026 interview while reflecting on his sudden fame.

‘I think because of what’s happened in life, I’ve become more extroverted. I’ve been more comfortable talking about the library, talking about library stories, talking about mental health, just because I love it all,’ he added.

‘But had I known all this was going to happen, I probably would’ve never started posting.’

However, he added that it is his joy for reading and love of the library that inspired him to keep going.

‘I still have hard days and I’d much rather be behind the scenes,’ he told People.

‘But for a chance to amplify libraries, amplify people’s stories – essentially, I serve almost as a narrator of library joy, and I’m honored to do it.

‘Everybody had a place in the library, in books. I’m just so thankful, so proud, to be able to unleash this story on the world.’